Last year, educator Michael Eric Dyson penned a book entitled Born To Use Mics based on Nas’ 1994 masterpiece, Illmatic. Earlier today at the Bonnaroo Arts & Music Festival, Esco gave his take on the project.

Puff and his Dirty Money crew were on Tim Westwood’s show today and addressed Lil’ Kim recent taunts. No time for negativity.

If a picture‘s worth a thousand words, video must speak for itself. Take a look at Pharrell and Asher Roth adding the final touches to Ash’s sophomore album, The Spaghetti Tree. yk2

Yesterday evening, Cudi gave a performance at his old 9 to 5 in the Soho section of New York. Adoseofdopeness caught a majority of the set above. Below is a non-a capella version of “Revolution”. [vodpod id=Video.3814621&w=425&h=350&fv=clip_id%3D12477952%26amp%3Bserver%3Dvimeo.com%26amp%3Bautoplay%3D0%26amp%3Bfullscreen%3D1%26amp%3Bmd5%3D0%26amp%3Bshow_portrait%3D0%26amp%3Bshow_title%3D0%26amp%3Bshow_byline%3D0%26amp%3Bcontext%3Duser%3A3215476%26amp%3Bcontext_id%3D%26amp%3Bforce_embed%3D0%26amp%3Bmultimoog%3D%26amp%3Bcolor%3D00ADEF%26amp%3Bforce_info%3Dundefined]

Look ma, no Blackberry! Here’s footage of Drizzy’s freestyle yesterday on Tim Westwood’s show. I say, uh, he did alright! Ha! Sidebar: Need a beat with this? Statik Selektah comes through

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Only God—and Roc Nation knows when J.Cole’s going to release his video for “Who Dat”. So until then, here’s some clips from the set of the video. shebloggin Previously: The Fayettville Observer Covers New J.Cole Video

Paul Wall’s got sole. No, really. Here’s his new mixtape brought to us by FMS Shoes and DJ Skee. Pump up the volume and download here. Back cover underneath.

When it comes to Game’s music, it’s easy to determine how current a record is by the name drops. And since he mentioned “Waka Flocka Flame”, it’s safe to say this is pretty new. Plus, Joc’s utilizing the trendy simile-short-cut flow. Listen up for yourselves below. prOblemchild

50 called Jam’n 94.5 in Boston yesterday to promote his gig at the House of Blues on June 24th. During the conversation, he takes a jab at Rick Ross and then says Diddy’s music sucks before calling him a blood sucker. Eww, that’s nasty. wshh